To Boldly Get Out of Here Is a Good Idea Douglas MacKinnon, Douglas MacKinnon, press secretary to former Sen. Bob Dole and a former White House and Pentagon official, is the co-author of "Footprints" (Acropolis, 1989), about the 12 men who walked on the moon.

Presidents Spin Their Tales, but History Gets Last Word Evan Cornog, Evan Cornog, an associate dean at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, is the author of "The Power and the Story: How the Crafted Presidential Narrative Has Determined Political Success From George Washington to George W. Bush," which will be published next month by Penguin Press.